Willis v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Willis v. State

126 S.E. 303, 33 Ga. App. 352, 1925 Ga. App. LEXIS 764

CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia

DecidedJanuary 14, 1925

Docket15947

StatusPublished

Cited by6 cases

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Willis v. State, 126 S.E. 303, 33 Ga. App. 352, 1925 Ga. App. LEXIS 764 (Ga. Ct. App. 1925).

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Bloodwobtii, J.

The offense charged in the indictment being simple larceny, and the guilt of the accused being wholly dependent upon the inference arising from possession of the cow alleged to have been stolen, and this possession being shown by uneontradieted and unimpeached testimony to be consistent with his innocence of the offense charged, the conviction of the accused was unauthorized. Peeples v. State, 5 Ga. App. 706 (53 S. E. 719); Hampton v. State, 6 Ga. App. 778 (65 S. E. 816); Gibbs v. State, 8 Ga. App. 107 (68 S. E. 472); Brooks v. State, 21 Ga. App. 661 (94 S. E. 810); Williams v. State, 125 Ga. 268 (54 S. E. 166).

Judgment reversed,.

Luke and Blood-worth, JJ., concur. Broyles, O. J., dissents. Allen & Pottle° Marion E. Allen, for plaintiff in error. Doyle Campbell, solicitor-general, A. Y. Clement, contra.

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Bloodwobtii, J.

The offense charged in the indictment being simple larceny, and the guilt of the accused being wholly dependent upon the inference arising from possession of the cow alleged to have been stolen, and this possession being shown by uneontradieted and unimpeached testimony to be consistent with his innocence of the offense charged, the conviction of the accused was unauthorized. Peeples v. State, 5 Ga. App. 706 (53 S. E. 719); Hampton v. State, 6 Ga. App. 778 (65 S. E. 816); Gibbs v. State, 8 Ga. App. 107 (68 S. E. 472); Brooks v. State, 21 Ga. App. 661 (94 S. E. 810); Williams v. State, 125 Ga. 268 (54 S. E. 166).

Judgment reversed,.

Luke and Blood-worth, JJ., concur. Broyles, O. J., dissents. Allen & Pottle° Marion E. Allen, for plaintiff in error. Doyle Campbell, solicitor-general, A. Y. Clement, contra.

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